October 2026 general discussion

[Damage In Tolland]

26 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Yesterday had a nice fall feel to it.. in person was so much better.. my phone usually doesnt take great pics! 

Time to upgrade from the flip phone 

[Damage In Tolland]

Low of 40 with wind last night. Tonight should be 38-39 at worst 

[ineedsnow]

13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Time to upgrade from the flip phone 

Not a flip phone but close enough 

[Typhoon Tip]

34 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It’s been pretty breezy here all morning since I first went to let the chooks out.

43° and SCT skies. Not sure we hit 55° here today.

We tend to drop 25F on rad nights so I start worrying about freezes imby with highs 55-57°. So the potted plants will have to come in tonight. 

You'll be 27

[Typhoon Tip]

19 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Time to upgrade from the flip phone 

I believe Apple's bringing a flip option back

[weatherwiz]

NAM a bit more aggressive with the potential for showers tomorrow night, particularly along and north of the Pike 

[weatherwiz]

Looks like the retirement of the NAMs/HRRR/HREF/etc and operational implementation of the RRFS has been delayed again, this time to November 3. An error was found within one of the ensemble members of the RRFS and was corrected, but I guess per policy they have to wait 30-days

[CoastalWx]

2 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

I’d have to disagree with that statement for my area…have had at least a few mornings in the upper 40’s the last week plus. Today being the coolest so far, (until tomorrow of course), on the truck temp at 8:15, which was 45.  This past Saturday night was very cool and autumn like as well. 

Yeah we had some cool mornings too, but that first real crisp wind driven cold is what I mean. Just had that feel.

[CoastalWx]

45 for the low here. Probably low 40s tonight. 

[CoastalWx]

Looks like Indewgenous peoples day ruined from that tropical.

[kdxken]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Looks like Indewgenous peoples day ruined from that tropical.

I thought it was going to be south? Recent models change that.

[CoastalWx]

2 minutes ago, kdxken said:

I thought it was going to be south? Recent models change that.

Yep. Been trending north. 

[tamarack]

13 hours ago, vortex95 said:

CAR 2.5" Sep 29-30, 1991 for its first measurable snow on record in Sep.  2" at Glen NH Sep 16, 1986 as a spinner occurred at the same time in Scituate MA.  @CoastalWx be like, "how can that be!?" 

When we lived in Fort Kent, we had slushy flakes during a northeast storm on Sept 14, 1977.  Places above 1,000 asl had 2"+.  Five years later when we lived near that 1,000 mark in the back settlement, we had slushy flakes on August 28.

Had some high 30s gusts 9-10 AM, still pretty windy.  About 70% leaf drop and climbing - was a great autumn for colors while it lasted.  In another topic, got a couple of deer ticks yesterday, first I've seen since June.  The horrid beasts seem to disappear in late summer here.

[WxWatcher007]

27 minutes ago, kdxken said:

I thought it was going to be south? Recent models change that.

 

25 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yep. Been trending north. 

Prior models had high pressure over the region shunting any remnants south. The trend has been the opposite lately. 

AI models also have a solid trough passage in the days after. Could be a signal for a widespread freeze through a good part of the region. 

[WinterWolf]

16 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

 

Prior models had high pressure over the region shunting any remnants south. The trend has been the opposite lately. 

AI models also have a solid trough passage in the days after. Could be a signal for a widespread freeze through a good part of the region. 

I thought somebody Late last week said we were going to heat up after Columbus Day….

[WxWatcher007]

Just now, WinterWolf said:

I thought somebody Late last week said we were going to heat up after Columbus Day….

All the torch and stein calls have…not worked out…

[Damage In Tolland]

Would not be surprising once the cane develops in the Gulf of America to see it trend East. Models notoriously are too far west down there with landfall and shift East right until it hits. If so, that would offer a much better chance of a curve out south and Stein . Farther west and it would come north 

[Brewbeer]

58 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

November 3

the waiting is the hardest part

[Brian5671]

53 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Looks like Indewgenous peoples day ruined from that tropical.

it's a work and school day here so let it rip...just keep the weekend dry please

[WinterWolf]

On 10/2/2026 at 5:52 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

Big big furnace setting up after the mild down . Ugly 

Ahh here it is…

[WinterWolf]

3 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

All the torch and stein calls have…not worked out…

Not at all. 

[Torch Tiger]

9 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

All the torch and stein calls have…not worked out…

Been Steined here, looks to continue

[weatherwiz]

Upcoming stretch looks about as perfect as can be for Fall. We'll definitely get some chilly nights with HPs rolling through but temperatures will rebound nicely during the day. There certainly could be some unseasonably warm days mixed in if we aren't wedged but a very Fall like pattern...mild days with cool-to-chilly overnights.  

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Torch Tiger said:

Been Steined here, looks to continue

lol….well a good portion of the area has had copious rain the last 5-6 months…and especially recently.